Rail-joint.



' PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906@ N. SUMIC.` ,y RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY6, 1905. 4 K

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I Application led July 6,1905. Serial No. 268,584. f

Be it known that I, NIoHoLAs SUMro, av citi# Zen of the United States ofAmerica, residing jat Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny' and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain vnew andw useful Improvements inRail- Joints, of which the following is a specificahadV therein to theacanying drawings. I

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T s invention relates to certain new and vuseful improvements inrail-joints; and the invention has for its object the rovision of anovel form of fish-bar wherein t e use of nuts another and prevent theconfronting ends of two rail-'sections from becoming displaced orspreadingupon the ties or road-bed supporting the same.

A further object of this invention is the provision of novel means forsupporting the conj :fronting ends of two rail-sections, whereby therails cannot become disjoined owing to the vibratory stresses or strainsexerted upon the same by the rolling-stock. v

A still further object of thisy invention is to provide j a rail-jointwhich will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable,

' comparatively inexpensive to manufacture,

and highly .efficient as ymeans lfor retaining the confronting ends oftworail-sections together. .y

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to thedrawings accompanying this application, like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which-Figure l is a detail perspective view of one of myimproved fish-bars.Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side of said fish-bar. Fig. 3is a perspective View of the adjoining shbar. Fig. 4 is a similar viewof the opposite side of the adjoining fish-bar. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional view of my improved Fig. 6 is avertical sectional view of arail equipped with my improved iish-bars. `Fig. 7 is a cross-sectionalview taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 is a similar view onthe line 8 8 of Fig. 5.

-'To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved fish-barswhereby two vbases'of the rails are modate the base of a rail.

sh-barsused to connect two sections of rails togetherwill interlock withone another and form a substantial base-plate upon which the adapted torest and be supported.

VIn Figs. 1 and 2v of the drawings I have illustrated oneof thefish-bars, which consists of a web Vportion 1, having anoutwardlyextending base portion 2, carrying a base-l plate 3.- Aparticular feature of myinvention resides 1n theno'vel constructionA ofthe base-plate 3, and by referring'to Figs. 1l and 5 of the vdrawings itwill be observed that the base-plate 8 is of a suiiicient width toaccom- That portion of the base-plate lying upon the outer `side of thefish-bar is provided with apertures 4j to accommodate suitable spikesemployed for securing-the Jiish-bar to cross-ties or the like road-bed.The {ish-plate is provided transversely with a central raisedportion 5,and theone edge ofthe base-plate 3-is slotted, as indicated at 6 6, toprovide an outwardly-extending raised tongue 7, which, together with theends 8 8 of the base-plate 3, are provided V'with aperturesA 9 toaccommodate spikes or `tion 1, base portion 2', and a base-plate,

but in this instance the central portion 5 is countersunk,providing anoutwardly-extend-` ing tongue 7 which, together with the ends 8 8 of thebase 3', arey provided with apertures 9. The opposite edge of thebaseplate 3 is also provided with apertures 4',

said apertures being employed in connection with spikes to retain t efish-bars in close proximity to one another.

The manner of-joining the two rail-sections together by my improvedfish-bars is as follows: The rail-sections to be connected together areplaced upon the base-plate 3, the confronting ends of saidIrail-sections resting upon the raised portion '5 of vsaid base-plate.The fish-bar illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawings is now moved intoengagement with the fish-bar illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, theraised tongue 7 sliding into the groove l0, formed by the countersunkportion 5', and the ends 8 8 of the plate -3 moving over the ends 8 8 ofthe plate 3. In so placing the fish-bars the countersunk tongue 9arecedes into the groove 10', formed by the raised por- IIO will alinevertically with the aperture 4 of the countersunk portion 5. This isalso true of the apertures 9 of the base 3, as the ends 8 8 of the base3 slide under the ends 8 8 of the base 3 and the apertures of one base*alline with the apertures of its adjoining basep ate.

In Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, of the drawings the relative position of thefish-bars when joined together is illustrated, this being true inconnection with Figs. 7 and 8, where the relative positions of theraised and countersunk portions of the ish-bars is clearly ill ustrated.In connection with this construction it will be observed that it isimpossible for one fish-bar to move longitudinallyT in respect to theother, the {ish-bars being interlocked by the raised and countersunkportions of the base-plates. The fish-bars are adapted to be locked inengagement with the rail-sections, which they support and join by theemployment of spikes 1l 11 or the like fastening means; but in thisconnection I do not care to confine myself to the manner of vsecuringthe ish-plates to their respective road-beds.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have devised novel meansfor supporting the confronting ends of two adjoining railsections andfor retaining them in such a position as to prevent any longitudinal orlateral movement of one rail-section independent of the other.

Vhile I have herein described the preferred manner of constructing myimproved fishbars, it is obvious that various changes may be made in thedetails of construction without departing Jfrom the general spirit andscope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a rail-joint, the combination with two sections of rails, offish-bars, base-plates carried by said fish-bars, the base-plate of oneof said {ish-bars having a central raised portion and relativelydepressed side porlions, the base-plate of the other of said fish-barshaving a central countersunk portion and side portions elevatedrelatively to the central portion, said base-plates being adapted tointerlock one within the other, means to secure said fish-bars togetherupon a suitable road-bed, substantially as described. y

2. Fish-bars of the character described, consisting of web portionshaving outwardlyextending base portions andA inwardly-extendingbase-plates carried by said base portions, onev of said base-plateshaving a central raised portion and relatively countersunk side portionsformed therein and the other of said base-plates having a centraldepressed portion and relatively raised side portions, the saidbase-plates being adapted to interlock with one another, substantiallyas described.

3. A rail-joint comprising two {ish-bars, one of said fish-bars having abase-plate with a central raised portion and relatively depressed sideportions, said raised central portion having a projecting tongue andsaid depressed side portions having tongues, the other of said islnbarshaving` a base-plate with a depressed central portion adapted to receivethe tongue on the central portion of the irst-named fish-bar,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I a'HiX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

NICHOLAS SUMIC.

I/Vi tn esses E. E. POTTER, C. KLos'rERMANN.

